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单词 utilitarianized
释义

utilitarian /ū-ti-li-tāˈri-ən/

adjective
  1. Consisting in, based upon or relating to utility or to utilitarianism
  2. Concerned with or based on usefulness alone, without regard to or without caring about beauty and pleasantness, etc
noun
  1. Someone believing in utilitarianism
  2. Someone who looks to usefulness alone
ORIGIN: Jeremy Bentham's coinage from utility

utilitāˈrianism noun

The ethical theory which finds the basis of moral distinctions in the utility of actions, ie their fitness to produce happiness for the majority

utilitāˈrianize or utilitāˈrianise transitive verb

To make to serve a utilitarian purpose

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